Tesla's hot new model: Solar roofing

Bloomberg: On Friday evening as the sun descended over the old Hollywood set of “Desperate Housewives,” Elon Musk took to a stage and fired up his presentation about climate change. It was a strange scene, with hundreds of people crowded into the middle of a subtly artificial suburban neighborhood.

It wasn’t until about a minute into the speech that Musk casually let the crowd in on Tesla’s big secret. “The interesting thing is that the houses you see around you are all solar houses,” Musk said. “Did you notice?”

The answer, in short, was no. Like everyone else, I knew we were there to see Musk’s new “solar roof,” whatever that was supposed to mean. But try as I could as we walked in, I didn’t see anything that looked like it could carry an electric current. If anything, the slate and Spanish clay roofs looked a bit too nice for a television set. This is the future of solar, Musk proclaimed. “You’ll want to call your neighbors over and say ‘check out the sweet roof.’ It’s not a phrase you hear often.”

CONTRACTOR SUPPLY MAGAZINE

This issue's cover story looks at how Davenport, Iowa-based Quad City Safety dives deep into customer needs to outfit them with the best solutions for their work and answer questions they never knew they needed to ask. This issue also includes a report on the 2020 World of Concrete Show and industry updates on Safety and PPE, Anchoring Systems, Rotary Hammers, Adhesives and Sealants, Stationary Tools — and much more!

This digital edition is fully searchable and contains live links to every advertiser and new product listing. Click to your heart's content!